abatised
/ˈæb.əˌtid/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Their defenses at Boston Neck had been built up and greatly strengthened, and on Bunker's Hill they had built an elaborate fortress, with a thick parapet, well ditched, fraised, and abatised, of which Washington said "Twenty thousand men could not have carried it against one thousand had that work been well defended.""
Etymology
From abatis + -ed.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈæb.əˌtid/
- British English: /ˈæb.əˌtɪst/